INDEX
Absence - permission 13; superior 13, 14-1
Admission – prerequisites 39, 40
Aggregation – merger 7-3
Aim – of Institute 5-1
Alumni – former students – apostolate 32-4
Apostolate – 5-2; community 11; duty of 30-2 extent 34; novitiate 43, 43-1
Scholasticate 48-4, 48-5, 48-6: school 35-4; superiors 53, 54
Apostolic work – in school 35-3
Assistant – qualifications 7, novitiate 41-7, college of consultors 68
Authority – general 25; leadership 25-1, 25-2; in congregation 51; Chapter 51-4
Baptism - vocation 1, 7
Bishop – cooperation 36, 51-2; missions 37
Brothers – single class 7; 1st Josephites 3; fraternal life 5,8,50;
brotherhood of the Church 9; brothers in need 18, 21;
up to date with Church’s thinking 49-2; Constitutions 96
Bursar – regional 86, 95;
Bursar General – appointment 74, 74-1; function 75, 76-1, 77
Catechesis - classes 35-2; missions 37
Chapel – in a house 13
Chapter General – merger or union 7-3; authority 51-4, 56; preparation 56-1;
ex officio members 57, number of delegates 58;
letter of convocation 58; voting 59; validity 60; activities 61;
election of superior general 62; regions 78
Charism – vocation and particular charism 10; see also family
Charity – spirit of 4; communion 16
Chastity – vow of 8, 16, 17, 17-1, 17-2; Preservation 14-1, 17; formation in 41;
formula for vow 45-2
Cloister – community quarters 14-1
Closure – House 89
Collaboration – in community 30-2; laity 30-1; Parents and teachers 34-1,
diocese 34-3; 36, 51-2
College of consultors – composition 68
Common life – obligation to 13, 14; poverty 19; in education 33-1
Communion – life of 9; of love (koinonia) 9, 16
Community – communion 9; purpose of 11; virtues 11;
observance and discipline 12;
harmony 14; stress 14-2; meetings 14-3; liturgy in 27; prayer 28;
superiors 52, 53
Consecration – vows 16
Constitutions – 96; obligation to read 96-2; observance 96-1
Consultors – College of 69
Co-responsibility – spirit of 31
Council – regional 85
Council general – election 64; function 67-1 replacement 72
Counsels – see vows
Culture – and mission 31-1; and education 32
Customary – regional section 55-1;
Detachment – from possessions 20; love 20-1; obedience 24
Devotions – on particular occasions 29-2; Mother of God 29-7
Diaconate - Admission to 36-3
Dimissorial letters – Regional superior 41-2
Diocese – collaboration with 34-3, 36
Direction – spiritual and intellectual 47-1
Directive for community life – building up community 14
Discernment – novitiate 41; responsibility for 41-7; scholastics 45
Dismissal – refusal to renew vows 46-2; dismissal 48-5
Divine office – praying the 27; obligation 27-3
Earnings – work 18-1
Education – apostolic work of the Congregation 5, 32, 32-1, 32-2, 32-3, 32-4;
labour of love 33; family spirit favours true education 33-1;
collaboration in education 34; 34-,;34-2, 34-3. teamwork 6, witness 8;
description 32
Eucharist – reservation 13; in community 27, 27-2; careful preparation 35-2
Family spirit – rediscovering the sense of family 4;
common good of the religious family 6; order and discipline 12;
charism 10; community meetings 14-3; chastity 17; poverty 19;
liturgical prayer 27-1; education 33-1; lay staff 34-2
Fatherhood – Superior General 52; Superiors 53
Final profession – final vows 46; preparation for 46-2
Formation – duty 38; novitiate 41, 41-3; scholasticate 47, 48, 48-1, 48-5;
Founder 48-4; continuing 49
Former students - importance of 32-4
Founder – foundation 3; spirit 4, local church 36;
spirituality and pedagogy 42-1; 48-1; final profession 46-1;
scholasticate 48-4; constitutions 96
Growth – personal 30-1
Habit – religious dress of the Josephites 7-2
Holiness – aim 1; means of 12
House – living in 13; establishment 89
Humility – following Christ 1
Imitation – of Christ 1,2
Josephite spirit - sense of family 4; brotherhood 5; fellowship and dedication 6
Lay collaborators – religious family 34-2
Liturgy - duty to 8; importance 27; president 29-3; prayer 29-4; preparation 35-1
Mary - Mother of God 29-7
Mass intentions - reception of 18-1 e)
Media – use of 14-1
Meeting – community 14-3
Merger – competence for 7-3
Mission – in Church 30
Mission ad gentes – basic task 37; studies 48-6
Novice – and vows 45-1
Novice master – appointment 41-5; assistance 41-6; discernment 41-7;
introduction to the Institute’s work 43; living together with 43-1
Novitiate - aim of 41, 42-1, 43; regional superior and novitiate 4-1, 41-5;
law of the church 41-3; validity of 41-4 ; teachers in the 41-6;
discernment 41-7; apostolic work 43-1; atmosphere of 44;
daily routine 44-1; prolongation 44-2; in danger of death 44-3
Obedience – following Christ 22; collaborating in common work 23;
proper object of the vow 23-2; directives of superiors 24;
permissions 24-1; respect affection 24-2; criticism 24-2;
in context of the school 26
Obligation – divine office 27-3
Observance – evangelical counsels 4; constitutions 96-1; regularity 6;
community 12, 14; penitential 15
Parents – collaboration with 34-1
Parish – weekend supplies 36-2
Pastoral work – education 33; ministerial priesthood 35
Penance – sacrament 29-2; detachment 15
Penitential spirit – religious observance 15; as “politesse du Coeur” 20
Pension - acquired by the Institute 18-1 e)
Permission – poverty 18-2; absences 13; obedience 24-1
Pocket money – use of 19-2
Pontifical right – clerical Institute of 7
Pope – Holy Father 51-1
Postulancy – duration 39
Postulant – acceptance into novitiate 40; residence 40-1
Poverty – example of Christ 18; ownership 18-1 a), 18-1 d) Will 18-1 b), 18-1 c)
whatever is acquired by work 18-1 e); permissions 18-2;
solemn vow 18-3; family poverty 19; excessive comfort/luxury 19-1;
pocket money 19-2; detachment 20, 20-1;
love for the poor 21, 21-1; 21-2
Prayer – see Office; dedication to 8; chastity 17-2; authority 25; community 28;
mental 28, 29-4; schedule 29; devotions 29-2; liturgy 29-4; missions 30-1;
missionaries 37-3; novitiate 41; final profession 46-1; scholastics 47-2
Priesthood – duties 35; in school 35-4
Priests – members 7; priest-teacher 36-2
Privacy – respect for 14-2
Procurator General – presence in Rome 71
Profession – in the Church 9; liturgy 27; formula 45-2; temporary 46-1; Final 46-1
Publishing – authorisation for 36-4
Punishment – in education 32-3
Reading – spiritual 29-4
Readmission – Regional superior with consent of his council 46-3
Regent – scholastics 47-1, 48-1
Regions – in he Institute 7-1; variation 55
Regional statutes – rules for a region 55-1; fixed collegially 79; regional superior
rules according to 81; regional council 85; regional bursar 86
Regularity – of observance 6, 14; penitential character 151
Religious dress - of the Josephites 7-2
Religious life – what religious life is 2
Renunciation – spirit of remunciation 24
Renewal – in every area 49
Residency (stage) - postulant 40-1; novice 43-1
Retreat - annual 29-5
Rosary – devotion to Mary 29-7
Schedule – daily 15
Scholasticate - commitment 45; necessary maturity 45-1; duration 46;
temporary profession 46-1; preparation for final vows 46-1;
refusal of permission to take vows 46-2; readmission 46-2;
purpose 47; regent 47-1; spirit of prayer 47-2;
study 48, 48-1, 48-2, 48-3, apostolic experience 48-4; missions 48-6
Secretary General - Duties 70
Signs of the times – discernment of 37-5
Silence – spirit of 14-1
Statues – see Regional statutes
Studies - scholastics 48,48-1, 48-2, 48-3; ongoing 49-1
Stage – see Residency
Subsidiarity – principle of 51
Superior General – qualifications 7, 65; appoints Regional Superiors 7-1;
final vows 41-1; diaconate and priesthood 41-2; hierarchy 50;
authority 51; elected by 51-6; rule of fatherhood 52;
chief animator and promotor 52-1;
ties with Superior General and his council 55; chapter report 61;
election 62,63, 63-1; administration 65; 65-1, 65-2, 65-3;
unable to carry out his office 66; constitutions 96-2
Superior, local - qualifications 7, 90; responsibilities 53, 92; appointment 91
Superior, regional – qualifications 7,83; appointment 80; major superior 7-1;
postulant 40-2; admission to novitiate 40-2, 41-1;
admission to fist vows 41-1; final vows 41-1;
diaconate and priesthood 41-2; changing will 18-1 c)
appointment of Novice Master 41-5; official discernment 41-7;
directs studies of scholastics 48-2; fatherhood 53;
responsibilities 81; reports 87; finance 86, 87;
constitutions 96-2
Suppression - region 78
Teachers – qualities 33; priests and brothers 35-4
Timetable – daily schedule 15
Vicar General – qualifications 7, 69; election 62,64; replacing the general 66;
role of 69
Virtues – Josephite 11; missionaries 37; priests and brothers 35-4
Vocation – universal call 1; josephite vocation and particular charism 10
Vote – deliberative and consultative vote 67-2
Vows – witness of 8; community 14; commitment of 16; simple 16-1; solemn 18-3;
serious decision 45; formula 45-2; conditions for admission to first 45-1;
temporary profession 46-1; final 46-1; refusal 46-2; evangelical counsels 4
Will – before final profession 18-1 b); changing of 18-1 c)
Witness – of God 8; of Christ 8; communion 9; virtues 11; chapter decisions 51-8